Twine-holder.



M. H. BALGH & F. LANGE.

TWINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 17, 1913.

Patented Dec. 15. 1914.

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MILTON H. BALCI-I AND FELIX LANGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID LANGE ASSIGNOR TO SAID BALCH.

TWINE-HOLDER.

Application filed February 17, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MILTON H. BALCH and FELIX Lance, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twineflolders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to twine holders and the object thereof is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character and characterized by a spring mounting which is wound when the twine or stringis withdrawn or pulled out and wh ch winds the holder proper in the oppos1te direction to wind upon the exterior thereof one or more turns of the string.

Our holder is further characterized by a braking device operating in connection with the spring arrangement.

Furthermore our holder in the preferred manner of mounting herein illustrated and described permits of the use of advertising matter, particularly upon the support for the holder proper.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of our holder mounted in. the preferred manner upon a suspended plate; Fig. 2 a top edge view or plan thereof; Fig. 3 a vertical section of the twine holder on a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. at a sectional plan on the line -il4 of Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and 6 detail views of the spring constituting the brake and Fig. 7 a detail section on the line 77 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the particular embodiment of our invention as herein shown, the holder proper comprises a suitable receptacle 1 preferably of thin sheet metal and having a removable end or top 2. By preference the body of this receptacle is of the formation clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 in which the same is shown as provided with a circumferential groove 1 to receive one or more turns of the twine and also with a lateral circumferential flange 1 for holding the twine in place and from falling below the bottom plane of the receptacle in case, for any reason. the end of the string should not be held by its retainer on the support as hereinafter explained. The bottom of the receptacle is provided with a supplemental casing 3 in which is contained the springdevice or mounting and also the brake. The spring 4 is a coiled spring with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.15,'1914.

Serial No. 748,926.

its outer end secured at 3 to the innerside of the casing 3 and with its inner end 4 secured to the head 5 of a screw spindle 5. This spindle is screw-threaded as to its intermediate portion and adapted to screw into a nut 6 secured to the bottom of the casing 3 around a central opening therein through which the screw spindle passes. The lower end of this spindle is angular and adapted to fit in a corresponding hearing 7 of the supportingplate 8 as shown in Fig. 1. It will be understood that when the holder is in place with the spindle 5 held stationary in its hearing such holder will screw downwardly upon the spindle when the holder is rotated in the act of withdrawing twine and moves in the opposite direction upon the spindle in the return rotation of the holder. In order to provide a brake for this rotary movement of the receptacle we interpose between the bottom of the casing 3 and the head of the spindle a coiled spring 9 which will tend to resist that rotation above described which brings this head toward the bottom of the casing, with the result that this particular rotary movement is braked.

The ball of twine which is indicated at A in Fig. 3 is contained within the receptacle and the twine passes through a side opening 1 of the receptacle at a point above the groove 1 In order to give the proper tension upon the twine at this point we provide a spring finger 10 having at its free end a projecting knob l0 fitting partially in the opening 1 and providing a somewhat restricted passage for the twine. In practice thetwine is wrapped one or more times around the holder and then passes through a hook-shaped retainer 11 secured upon the support 8.

The holder is preferably mounted in .a manner shown in Fig. 1, the angular end of the screw spindle being stationarily held within the bracket 7 and the holder being rotatably supported as to its upper end by means of a spindle 12 extending vertically from the cover 2 of the holder, which spindle is received in the swing bearing 13 pivoted at 13 on the support 8. This hearing is adapted to be swung upwardly, its downward movement being. limited by means of the fixed pin 14. The supporting plate has an opening 8" to receive the body of the holder and the bearings 7 and 13 are located at the bottom and top edges of this opening.

'Describing the operation of our twine holder and assuming that one or more turns of the twine are wrapped around the body of the holder and the free end is passed through the retainer 11, the pulling upon the twine A will first cause the rotation of the holder a number of times depending upon thenumber of wraps of the twine and if by that time a sufiicient length of twine is not obtained, the continued pull upon the twine will withdraw the same directly from the ball. During this rotation of the holder the spring is wound up, the holder moving in a clockwise direction, Fig. 4c. In this operation the holder and the casing 3 will move downwardly slightly with respect to the fixed spindle 5,1 the rotary spindle 12 being of suificient length to permit this movement without becoming disengaged from its bearing.

When the operator severs or'breaks the twine and releases the new end thereof, the holder now being under the tension of the spring will rotate in an anti-clockwise direction and wind up around its body a considerable portion of the twine. In this latter rotation of the holder the'braking effect occurs inasmuch as the bottom of the casing 3 will move upwardly toward the head of the fixed spindle 5 and thereby compress the spring 9, which thus acts as a brake.

If desired a spring finger 15 may be provided for holding the wraps of the twine within the groove 1*. As shown in Fig. 2 this spring finger is fastened at one end to the back of the support 8 with its free end bearing against the body of the holder. However, this finger is not essential and may be dispensed with.

We prefer to employ a support in the form of a plate as herein shown inasmuch as the same provides space for the name of the concern using the twine holder and also for advertising matter and the like.

We claim 1. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate, afixed screw spindle which forms one of the bearings for the receptacle and upon which such receptacle screws, said receptacle being movable longitudinally with respect to the spindle, a spring secured respectively to the receptacle and to the spindle and tending to resist rotation of the receptacle, and a brake independent of said spring and cooperating with the spindle and receptacle said brake tending to resist the longitudinal movement of the receptacle in one direction.

2. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate, a fixed screw spindle which forms one of the bearings for the receptacle and upon which such receptacle screws and has a longitudinal movement, a

spring secured respectively to the receptacle and to the spindle and tending to resist rotation of the receptacle, and a brake comprising a spring interposed between a part of the spindle and the holder and tending to resist thelongitudinal movement of the receptacle in one direction.

3. A twine holder comprising-a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided with a central opening, said casing forming a part of the receptacle and rotatable therewith, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screw-threaded portion screwing into the nut,and a spring arranged within the casing with one end secured to the casing and the other end to the spindle.

4. A'twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided with a central opening, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screwthreaded portion screwing into the nut, and a head located within the casing, and a spring arranged within the casing with'one end secured to the casing and the other end to the head.

5. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided with a central opening, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screwthreaded portion screwing into the nut, and a head located within the casing, a spring arranged within the casing with one end secured to the casing and the other end to the head, and a coiled spring interposed between the head and the bottom of the casing.

6. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided with a central opening, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screwthreaded" portion screwing intothe nut, a spring arranged within the casing and arranged in the rotative axis at one end of the receptacle, with one end secured to the easing and the other end to the spindle, a hearing spindl at the other end of the receptacle, anda support arranged to receive the fixed spindleand having a bearing toreceive the bearing spindle.

7. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided, with a central opening, said casing forming a part of the receptacle and rotatable therewith, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screw-threaded portion screwing into the nut, a spring arranged within the casing and arranged in the'rotative axis at one end of thereceptacle, with one end secured to the casing and theother end to the spindle, a bearing spindle at the other end of the receptacle, a support having an opening receiving the receptacle, a bracket at the bottom of such opening to detachably receive the fixed spindle and a bearing at the top of such opening to detachably receive the other spindle.

8. A twine holder comprising a receptacle mounted to rotate and having a casing at one end provided With a central opening, a nut arranged at such opening and secured to the casing, a fixed spindle having a screwthreaded portion screwingrinto the nut, a spring arranged Within the casing and arranged in the rotative axis at one end of the receptacle, with one end secured to the casing and the other end to the spindle, a bearing spindle at the other end of the receptacle, a support having an opening receiving the receptacle, a bracket at the bottom of such opening to receive the fixed spindle and a hearing at the to of such opening to receive the other spindle, which bearing is arranged to swing for removal of the receptacle.

MILTON H. BALCH. FELIX LANGE.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL E. HIBBEN, ROBERT DOBBERMAN.

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